Linnan is a Climate Change and Methane Policy Fellow at CLEE. Her work focuses on cross sector methane emissions reduction at the local, state, national, and international level, with the intent to move solutions to policy and scale. Linnan came to CLEE from the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Global Methane team, where she led the research and analytics in Asia-Pacific region to advance oil and gas methane policy and best practices through collaborations and engagements with international institutions and key agencies. Prior to the methane world, Linnan led the EDF State Climate team’s work to advance climate policies in Michigan and cross-cutting research and analytics to rapidly cut U.S. state-level greenhouse gas emissions, deliver air quality and other benefits to communities, and ensure a just clean energy transition. While at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Linnan supported the development of U.S. federal energy efficiency standards. Linnan also worked at the Energy Division of the California Public Utilities Commission on proceedings and regulations related to resource adequacy, energy procurement and transportation electrification. Globally, she has spent time in Germany and China on international development projects related to energy access, climate finance and water sanitation.

Kimberly Clausing holds the Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Professor Clausing is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. During the first part of the Biden Administration, Clausing was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis in the US Department of the Treasury, serving as the lead economist in the Office of Tax Policy.

Travis Ritchie is a Climate and Energy Research Fellow at CLEE. He specializes in electric utility rates and regulation. His research focuses on electricity affordability in the context of climate change impacts and California’s renewable energy transition. Prior to joining CLEE, Travis worked as an attorney on utility regulation and energy policy, primarily with the Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program. He represented clients in public utility commission and other regulatory proceedings throughout the Western United States. J.D. and M.P.P., UCLA (2008) B.A. History and B.S. Biology, UC San Diego (2002)

Elias van Emmerick(he/him) is the 2025-2027 Emmett Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, where his work will focus on energy law and policy. van Emmerick received his B.A. from Pomona College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

Tiffany Deguzman (she/her) is the 2025-2027 Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, where her work will focus on sustainable agriculture, water justice, and environmental inequality. Deguzman received her B.A. from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.  She graduated from law school with certificates in Public Interest & Social Justice and Race & Law. Prior to joining UCLA, Deguzman clerked for the Honorable Ronald M. Gould of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.